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UPDATED How Can Swap Powers Preserve Wealth for Future Generations? By Eric P. Zeitlin

Posted January 6, 2021

Swap powers within intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs) are critical estate planning tools that may help you improve tax efficiency today while allowing you to preserve wealth for future generations. An IDGT is an irrevocable trust that you, the grantor, can create during life to pass assets and wealth to your named beneficiaries outside your […]

401(k) Plan Sponsors Must Be Careful of Unintended Partial Plan Terminations By Olga Ismail

Posted November 11, 2020

Employee terminations and extended furloughs spurred by the COVID-19 health crisis are setting off a tsunami of partial 401(k) plan terminations that employers must be prepared to address, both administratively and financially. Failure to do so may jeopardize a plan’s tax- exempt status and expose the plan sponsors to substantial tax penalties and legal claims. […]

Disaster-Relief Loans Available to Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 by Todd A. Moll, CFP®, CFA

Posted March 19, 2020

Federal and state governments have announced relief programs to help the nation’s 30 million small businesses suffering financial hardships in the wake of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Federal Aid The Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, managed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in tandem with U.S. state and local government, will offer up to […]